Nick Loftin
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 180LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: CB-A, #32, Kansas City Royals | Baylor
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 68 62 10 20 0 2 .323 .368 .435 .803
2024 91 76 12 19 0 0 .250 .344 .263 .607
2 Seasons 159 138 22 39 0 2 .283 .354 .341 .695
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .323 0 2 .803
2024 .250 0 0 .607
2 Seasons .283 0 2 .695
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 24 250 51 4 7.8 5.9 86.3 107.1 10.8 31.4 .254 .357 .348 .306 .339 35.3 17.6 5.9
2024 25 320 66 0 0.0 0.0 82.4 103.0 10.5 34.8 .246 .302 .285 .293 .278 19.7 14.3 12.1
Player 570 117 4 3.4 2.5 84.1 107.1 10.6 33.3 .249 .326 .312 .299 .305 26.5 15.7 9.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.4 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 49.0 23.5 23.5 3.9 45.1 29.4 25.5 3.9 45.1 15.7 21.6 5.9 7.8 5.9
2024 39.4 28.8 28.8 3.0 27.3 48.5 24.2 10.6 28.8 33.3 24.2 3.0 0.0 0.0
Player 43.6 26.5 26.5 3.4 35.0 40.2 24.8 7.7 35.9 25.6 23.1 4.3 3.4 2.5
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 2 113 35.3 38 .310 .345 .370 6.4 13.2 17.2 .278 .360 .358 32.0
2024 Slider -0.2 0 73 22.8 18 .267 .267 .253 32.4 16.7 12.5 .237 .271 .237 7.1
2024 Sinker -3.5 -2 48 15.0 14 .154 .154 .179 4.5 14.3 20.0 .219 .250 .240 9.1
2024 Changeup 3.0 1 34 10.6 8 .429 .429 .425 37.5 25.0 13.3 .287 .320 .319 20.0
2024 Curveball -2.1 0 17 5.3 3 .000 .000 .233 33.3 33.3 33.3 .029 .030 .250 0.0
2024 Cutter -6.4 -1 14 4.4 7 .143 .143 .257 0.0 0.0 0.0 .229 .329 .237 28.6
2024 Sweeper 0.3 0 13 4.1 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .257 .261 .232 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.0 0 6 1.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .043 .063 .045 0.0
2024 Slurve -18.8 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .254 .255 .229 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 5.2 4 71 28.4 21 .316 .526 .390 13.2 19.0 14.8 .219 .355 .285 40.0
2023 Slider 0.3 0 47 18.8 11 .300 .300 .391 36.8 27.3 21.4 .192 .228 .229 28.6
2023 Sinker -4.0 -2 46 18.4 14 .308 .308 .257 9.1 0.0 0.0 .398 .472 .431 50.0
2023 Changeup 5.1 2 34 13.6 8 .500 .750 .538 23.1 25.0 22.2 .353 .494 .363 16.7
2023 Curveball -3.1 -1 22 8.8 4 .000 .000 .000 54.5 50.0 40.0 .068 .079 .061 50.0
2023 Cutter 2.7 0 14 5.6 4 .333 .667 .488 0.0 0.0 0.0 .211 .630 .433 33.3
2023 Sweeper 26.9 2 8 3.2 4 .667 .667 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .221 .246 .326 0.0
2023 Slurve -5.3 0 5 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2023 Split-Finger -7.3 0 3 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .078 .080 .072 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 68 250 1 1 2 1 5
2024 91 320 -2 -4 4 1 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 250 49.6 71.0 83.0 23.0 65.5 40.0 36.8 46.8 21.4 4.8 83.3
2024 320 46.6 64.4 94.8 23.4 55.0 41.9 38.5 42.5 16.9 6.6 81.0
Player 570 47.9 67.4 89.1 23.2 59.4 41.1 37.7 44.4 19.0 5.8 81.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2023 29 47
2024 9 65 69 36
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 -- 0 1.1 -1 3 1 0 --
Player -- 0 1.1 -1 3 1 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
Player 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.3 82.4 -3.9
Launch Angle 10.8 10.5 -0.3
Barrel % 7.8 0.0 -7.8
Hard Hit % 35.3 19.7 -15.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.4 34.8 3.4
xBA .254 .246 -0.008
BA .323 .250 -0.073
xwOBA .306 .293 -0.013
wOBA .348 .285 -0.063
xSLG .357 .302 -0.055
SLG .435 .263 -0.172
K% 17.6 14.3 -3.3
BB% 5.9 12.1 6.2
Swing % 46.8 42.5 -4.3
Whiff% 21.4 16.9 -4.5
In Zone % 49.6 46.6 -3.0
Out of Zone % 50.4 53.4 3.0
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 23.4 0.4
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 38.5 1.7
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 72.5 13.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 68 0 0.0 .348
2024 Shades R 91 4 4.4 .298 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 80 15.4 45.0% 1.3% 32 19.0 9.4% 0.0%
2024 103 14.9 51.5% 0.0% 44 16.8 22.7% 0.0%
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